This was made official by the NFL on Sunday Night Football on NBC. We all know this, but I have the press release so I might as well post it. Music superstar Madonna will be performing the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show on February 5, 2012. It’ll mark another musical act over 40 for the Super Bowl since the infamous Janet Jackson Nipplegate Crisis during Super Bowl XXXVIII on CBS.
The NFL provides this press release on the whole thing. Let’s take a look at what the release says.
MADONNA TO PERFORM FEBRUARY 5 DURING THE SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW ON NBC
MADONNA, a multi Grammy Award-winning Universal Records recording artist, will perform in the SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW on NBC at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, February 5, the NFL and NBC announced during the Sunday Night Football game between the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions. Madonna’s performance will be imagined by CIRQUE DU SOLEIL and JAMIE KING.
The Super Bowl halftime show is the most-watched musical event of the year. More than 162 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year’s show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide.
Madonna joins an esteemed list of recent halftime acts that includes The Black Eyed Peas, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and U2.
A world class entertainer, singer, songwriter, producer, director and video visionary, Madonna has sold more than 300 million records in the course of her three decade career as The Material Girl. She is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Her last tour was the most successful tour by a solo artist in history. Madonna is currently in the recording studio working on a new album scheduled to be released next year. Her new film W.E. which she directed, wrote and produced is opening in a limited one week release December 9 in Los Angeles and will open nationally on February 3, two days prior to Super Bowl XLVI.
Madonna has partnered with a creative team from Cirque du Soleil, Jamie King, and multimedia artists from Moment Factory, to create a signature performance for the SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW.
The SUPER BOWL XLVI HALFTIME SHOW is an NFL NETWORK PRODUCTION and will be executive produced by RICKY KIRSHNER and directed by HAMISH HAMILTON.
That will do it.
